The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-11

juniper, stone pine, erect yew, variegated
yew, golden arbor-vite and pyramidal
arbor-vitae.
A Kansas farmer states that he kept
ground squirrels from eating the corn he
planted by soaking it in coal OIL He thinks
that il keeps the corn from rotting IN the
ground in wet season. The experiment
of soaking seed corn in oil is certainly
worth trying on a small scale. If the oil
does not prevent termination, and protects
the seed from squirrels, all the seed can be
treated with oil next year.
The additions of the various kinds of
sugar to the rations of cattle foods, with
view to increasing their digestibility and
fattening power, has been practiced to some
extent in this country, and the following
facts must therefore prove OF interest: DR..
Werner, in Germany, fed sheep with rations
containing pure cane sugar and sugar beets.
He found that sheep receiving pure sugar
developed less rapidly than those fed with
sugar beets, aud that the food was more
costly IN the former than in the latter case.
He therefore recommended against pure
sugar and in favor of sugar bsets for
lambs.
The laying of soft-shelled eggs is an indi-
cation either that the hen does not procure
lime enough to form perfect shell, in
which case she should be supplied with
oyster shells or bone to supply the lack, or
that she has got so far that her digestive
powers are weakened, and she can not take
up the lime and put it through the process
necessary 70 deposit it upon the egg. The
same result may sometimes be produced by
feeding too much upon soft food, as dough,
unripe grain, or bread. Too much stimu-
lating Of the reproducing power with
ginger, cayenne pepper, or patent egg food
containing these or other spices, may also
prove cause at times.
at a meeting of the Colorado Horticul-
tural Society r. s. Edwards said that CAB
! bage culture promises to be one of the
most profitable crops for years to come,
and that the South could not raise much
| cabbage owing to the warmth of the
! Denver the past season 1900 barrels OF
/ krout to st. Louis alone. Cabbage raised
by irrigation is better for krout because
more Juicy. Y. De Vinney said that
cncumbers would prove the most profit
able. J. 81. Lane thought Darsnips would
| be more remunerative. II. G. Wolff said
that currants paid him at the rate of 500
per acre clear profit. The cash value of an
acre of cabbage was placed at from 5000 to
$500.
Mr.. A. w. Sias, of 0lmsted County,
Minnesota, recommends the following va
| rieties of evergreens for screens and shelter
belts: Norway spruce, white pine, hem
| lock, spruce, white spruce, Scotch pine.
| He names Norway spruce first because it is
capable of resisting stronger wind than
either of the others mentioned, unless il i!
| white spruce. and that is too small. The
Norway spruce has a more fbrous roo
than the Others, hence there is less loss in
planting. White spruce is indigenous II
Southern Minnesota, he having found it IL
Fillmore County. specimen plant by
Mr.. NJ. J. Hoag, Rochester, in 1876, is nos
nearly nineteen feet high, very dense anC
perfect in every particular. Scotch pine il
open headed and crooked in growth, bu
grows rapidly.
1t is often necessary to make excavation
for pipes in very cold weather, unde
which conditions the operation is difficult
The trouble due to frost can only be rene
died by thawing out the surface. a scien
tific paper says that quicklime has beer
tried with success. The surface where thu
excavation is to begin is covered with al
teInate layers of lime and snow. The linn
becomes slaked and heats the soil so effect
ually that after ten or fifteen hours it Cal
be dug up with the greatest ease, eveI
where the cold is excessive. II goes with
out saying that where there is no snoT
water can be used. This makes the process
a little more Complicated, but is just a
efficacious. As in the generality of case
urgency exists, the digging up of pipes be
ing necessit ated by some case OF repair.
this method is restricted in its application
to those cases in which the delay OF a da
or q night is not inadmissible.